SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3061906 - Error in Purchase Order: No valid communication arrangement found

Symptom

You are trying to order a B2B (intercompany)purchase order and you receive following error: No valid communication arrangement found for company X (X refers to a company) and Partner Y (Y refers to a supplier).

Environment

 SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders
  2. Select check Purchase order-> it looks consistent
  3. Select order/save
  4. Error: No valid communication arrangement found.

Cause

You have set the output channel in the supplier master data collaboration tab as External System.

The output channel for B2B communication should be XML i.e. Internal EDX.

Resolution

Please set the output channel as Internal EDX in supplier master data in this path: supplier master data->Communication tab-> Collaboration sub-tab-> Business Document Settings->
Select the purchase order row and under Output Channel Settings, make output channel as XML.

See Also

2660652 - Error While Checking Connection in the Custom Web Service Communication Arrangement

3008211 - Error While Checking Connection in the Custom Web Service Communication Arrangement

3015554 - Following Error Occurs When Releasing an Invoice: No valid communication arrangement found.

Keywords

communication arrangement, No valid communication arrangement found, Output Channel Settings, output channel XML, B2B purchase order, purchase order integration, intercompany purchase order , KBA , communication arrangement , no valid communication arrangement found , b2b purchase order , purchase order integration , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions